bestseller
noun
best·sell·er
ˈbes(t)-ˈse-lər 
variants
or best seller
plural bestsellers or best sellers
: a popular product and especially a book whose sales are among the highest of its class
[Isabel] Allende's new book is spun from the stuff of epic romances: eternal love, lost innocence, distant locales, revolution. In short, all the elements of a sure bestseller.—
Julie K. L. Dam
Julie K. L. DamThe Harvard Book Store Café … is not only the obvious choice for the latest best seller but the intelligent break for a shopper's graze.—Alice Rubenstein Gochman
Alice Rubenstein GochmanTwo million copies have been sold, and it has been on the New York Times bestseller list for four years.—Judith Daniels
Judith Daniels… the two Fisher-Price bestsellers are the company's Fun with Food [toy] series and the Fisher-Price Fun with Food Kitchen.—The New Yorker
The New YorkerShe knows what the mass market wants—Vanderbilt and Chaps [fragrances] are best sellers—and she has a flair for what appeals to a more specialized market …—Amy Singer
Amy SingerExamples of bestseller in a Sentence
She has written several best sellers.
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As the film arrives, Gilmour scores a top 10 bestseller in America alongside his own daughter.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Published in 2003, Nafisi’s memoir became an instant international phenomenon, spending over 100 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 32 languages.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
The Prada Galleria, first conceived in 2007, remains among Prada’s bestsellers as one of the luxury brand’s carryover designs.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Viking continued its publishing of Portables well into the late twentieth century, and they are still actively published as paperbacks by Penguin Classics; most recently, The Portable Feminist Reader, edited by Roxane Gay, hit the paperback bestseller list when it was published in March 2025.
—Paul Slovak
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
This New York Times bestseller will help fuel your fascination for the trees.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
That controversy, though, also helped to make the book an international bestseller.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Shoppers can expect savings on iconic bestsellers and surprises on newer collections.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Four of the late Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk‘s books have rocketed up Amazon’s bestseller list after his death.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Published in 2003, Nafisi’s memoir became an instant international phenomenon, spending over 100 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 32 languages.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
The Prada Galleria, first conceived in 2007, remains among Prada’s bestsellers as one of the luxury brand’s carryover designs.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Viking continued its publishing of Portables well into the late twentieth century, and they are still actively published as paperbacks by Penguin Classics; most recently, The Portable Feminist Reader, edited by Roxane Gay, hit the paperback bestseller list when it was published in March 2025.
—Paul Slovak
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
This New York Times bestseller will help fuel your fascination for the trees.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
That controversy, though, also helped to make the book an international bestseller.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Shoppers can expect savings on iconic bestsellers and surprises on newer collections.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
Four of the late Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk‘s books have rocketed up Amazon’s bestseller list after his death.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Bestseller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestseller. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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